All three Synoptic Gospels tell the story of Jesus's transfiguration. Yet there has been surprisingly little written about this key event, and many readers struggle to understand its significance and place in redemptive history, let alone how it might be applied.Here, Patrick Schreiner provides a clear and accessible study of the transfiguration with an … Read more…
Every leader desires to be successful. But by God’s standards, few leaders actually succeed.
To succeed as a Christian leader, you can’t measure yourself by the world’s standards. You need a straighter measuring stick: God’s Word.
Most leaders don’t fail because of incompetence, but because of lack of character… Read more…
On 26th April, the polls opened for South Africa's first democratic election. While thousands of South Africans of every shade and creed queued patiently outside the polling stations, the rest of the world held its breath. Would the fragile peace prevail?
In A Witness For Ever, Michael Cassidy reveals for the first time what went on be… Read more…
Leadership is not position. It's influence. Do you have ideas for change but feel powerless to make them happen? Do you try to respect your leaders’ authority but yearn for them to see your vision? Discover how to spark change, just as young men and women in the Bible did. People in your community, church, or nation will begin to followyou. Soon you wi… Read more…
We all long for healthy and successful families, but this dream often seems out of our reach. We may look to spiritual powers such as diviners, prayer, or church to help us meet our basic needs – from income to health to relationships. Highly Favoured encourages us that the God of the Bible is not unreliable or inaccessible like the spiritual beings in Afr… Read more…
Bestseller When Helping Hurts has changed the way thousands of church and ministry leaders approach poverty. Designed to equip you to begin effectively helping low-income people, When Helping Hurts articulates a biblical framework for poverty alleviation. Learn how to walk with the materially poor in humble relationships instead of just providing them tempor… Read more…
This book shows the presence and the participation of Africans in the biblical text, helping demonstrate that Christianity is not a "white man's religion," and that Christianity has deep roots in African soil. It looks at all those in the Bible who can legitimately be considered as African, supporting its findings with both ancient and modern scholarship… Read more…
"That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither--whatever they do prospers."--Psalm 1:3Sometimes we describe ourselves as trees. When we're thriving, we speak of being rooted and fruitful, in a good season. When we struggle, we might describe ourselves as witheri… Read more…
Read by the author.What If You Could Have More Peace Tomorrow Over the Conflict You’re Facing Today?Sometimes it happens in a flash: a text, a blowup, a breakup. Other times, relationships simply fade: you and your spouse rarely make eye contact, you learn the friend you trusted is gossiping about you, the child who once held your hand is now an angry … Read more…
Read by the author.#1 New York Times BestsellerGuthrie persuasively renders the evolution of a hard-won religious belief that makes room for imperfection and "does not require us to ignore... the sorrows we experience or the unjustness we see but to believe past it." This openhearted offering inspires. - Publishers WeeklyMostly what God does i… Read more…
Today's follower of Jesus exists at a moment in history when our desires, longings, and wants are being weaponized against us by cultural, spiritual, and relational forces. "Follow your heart" and "You do you" has become our moment's mantras. The result, for too many, is feeling torn asunder by the raging desires within. What do we do with our desire… Read more…
How can I approach God if I’m struggling to believe in His goodness?So much of our belief can be formulaic. We often think that if we do A, B, and C, then God will do X, Y, and Z. We check things off the “Good Christian Checklist,” trusting we’ll be okay, and our trials will be minimal. But when our experiences inevitably deviate from that belief, ou… Read more…